Navi-Mumbai

In a major shock to the city, NCP, the ruling party in Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has voted against Navi Mumbai being considered for the SmartCity project. The NCP corporators in the general body meeting on Tuesday refused to support the administration’s proposal for SmartCity.

The Corporators said that they are contesting the move because the NMMC would have barely any role in implementing the project as it will be completely operated and controlled by a Special Purpose Vehicle employed by the Central Govt.

This may result in NMMC being knocked out of the SmartCity competition this year.

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Navi Mumbai is going to get the India’s first “Smart City” which is spread over an area of 75 sq km encompassing seven nodes and the upcoming airport with one new township.

Presently, Brownfield project is developing the existing facilities in the few regions such as; Kalamboli, Kharghar, Ulwe, Panvel, Dronagiri, Kamothe, and Taloja nodes and Greenfield project is developing the existing facilities in other regions such as; Pushpak Nagar (2.5 sq km) near the airport, which will developed by the CIDCO at the cost of Rs 35,000 crore. It is expected that by the end of 2019, these regions will get the smart roads, transport, citizen-friendly administration, security other tech-driven facilities with the help of CIDCO.

According to officials, it is expected that many new project will also come in these regions whereas; few are underway.